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  1. 1Explain how simultaneous localization and mapping works.Hard· 20 min· Palantir
  2. 2Given click counts by domain, aggregate counts for every parent subdomain.MediumCoding· 10 min· Palantir
  3. 3Tell me about a challenging project you completed inside or outside work.EasyBehavioral· 5 min· Palantir
  4. 4Tell me about the hardest technical challenge you solved.EasyBehavioral· 5 min· Palantir
  5. 5Use documentation for an unfamiliar SQL-like language to solve a sequence of tasks.Hard· 20 min· Palantir
  6. 6What problem in the world do you most want to solve?MediumBehavioral· 10 min· Palantir
  7. 7Why do you want to work at Palantir?Easy· 5 min· Palantir
  8. 8What does your day-to-day look like at your current company?MediumBehavioral· Palantir
  9. 9Tell me about a time you failed.MediumBehavioral· Apple, Capital One
  10. 10Tell me about a time when you dealt with a difficult person at work.EasyBehavioral· Amazon, Anthropic
  11. 11Given a binary array where an operation cycles a row's elements to the left or right, return the minimum number of operations needed to create a column of 1s. If not possible, return 0.MediumCoding· Palantir
  12. 12Why did you choose to attend [College]?EasyBehavioral· Palantir